I'll call the August 11, 2025 schoolboard meeting to order. Please join me in pledge of allegiance. John, when you're ready, will you please take roll call? Yes. Jamie Randy present. Kayla present.
John, I'm here. Jason here. Alicia here. Thank you. We're all here. Thank you. Uh Mr. Lumpkkey. Um first item of business, approve the tonight's agenda. Do I have a motion?
A motion by John. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Alicia to approve the agenda. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. I. Oppos. Same sign. Agenda is approved. Announcements. The next school board meeting will be on
Monday, September 8th, 2025 at 6 p.m. in the GSL schools community room 443444. We're at acknowledgements. Do we have any acknowledgements tonight? I would like to acknowledge all of our summer school staff and the work that they did here for this last month. So,
it was another successful summer school. So, from our teachers to our custodians to our cooks, um, and our summer's food program, thank you for a a very successful July. Thank you, Superintendent Sanju. Any other acknowledgements?
I'd like to acknowledge the passing of um, Alice Yankee. Our condolences on to Alice Yankee's family. She was a longtime elementary teacher here at GSL. Um, I'd also like to acknowledge the
Common Cup volunteers that will be um getting prepared tomorrow for um the handing out of school supplies and that will be taking place in the Silver Gym on Thursday afternoon. I'd also like to
acknowledge Dasher um and their assistance in helping set up for the Common Cup volunteers in the Silver Gym. Um but also just in their continued preparation for the upcoming school year. Things are we're running out of time as far as summer, but uh the school
year is right around the corner and things are starting to look uh great like they always do. So hats off to the Dasher crew for that. Thank you. Thank you, Jamie. Any other acknowledgements hearing? None. Uh, public input relating
to the agenda. Second call for public input relating to the agenda. And third call for public input input relating to the agenda. Hearing none, uh, there are no reports and presentations. So, we'll move on to administrator and committee reports.
Director of finance. Thanks you, Jason. Um, just a couple things. Um during our summer food service, we had MDE out for administrative review. Um everything went very well. There was no findings found. So I want to thank Joanie and her staff at Chartwells um for a smooth
review with that. Um a couple updates on facilities. Um the swim locker rooms and lower locker rooms um are continuing to of the flooring and the faucets. Hopefully they'll be done in the next couple weeks. Um the Lincoln gym floor is complete. Um, we did find a couple
issues that John has called the company to come back out so we can further discuss. Um, so we'll be holding off on the painting, um, along with the payment until these are addressed. Um, and then also we're just getting ready for audit. Um, so we've been preparing with um, the
emails and requests that they do through their system. They'll be here Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday on site and then everything after that will be offsite with and with emails. Any questions for me? Thank you.
Hearing none, um we'll move on to your principal reports. Mr. Butler. Thank you, Jason. Good evening. I'll highlight some of the items on that report you have in front of you. Um start at the top. Uh we've got our our next two live sessions for um letters
for K through 12 teachers. There in November and January, we'll have a couple of early releases. Um the science of reading team met two two half days this summer and um it's fun. We're getting to apply what we've been learning. Um the the big decision we
made and and worked on implementation is each each grade level on our schedules is going to have a 40-minute dedicated intervention block so we can start to implement what what we've been learning. So really eager um eager for that. Tier one leadership team. We had a workday on
July 24th. Um the the big part of that was was getting the schedule set for our all school celebrations, student incentives, um behavior management, and uh kind of breathing life into the themes that we've chosen. And the two themes this
year at Lincoln are undercover secret agents and at Lakeside Challenge accepted. I'll go toward the bottom. Uh Mr. Sanju mentioned summer. Um we've got a we've got a couple of programs still going. Um we're finishing up K through 6 ESY this
week and um ECSE actually will be the week of the 19th um down in Kelly's room and camp kindergarten. Um we started session two today. Switch over to the back. Um couple of
couple of items there um for curriculum and instruction. Um, we've got professional development planned for the English language arts pilot that's on August 21st, K through5 science on August 26, the more professional
development. And, um, you'll see we received related to the pilot um, a press release from McGraill on on some of the details regarding that u that that program. Um,
I'll go toward the bottom. Um, school community partnership. You see our themes there. There's an update on kindergarten registration. Um, school-based mental health. Really grateful. We had a second therapist start and she was actually working with kids this summer. So, we'll work on
space for her. Um, so she can also work with kids during the school year. Um, we are we have all of our positions filled at elementary. Um and then some PD going on um before and and during workshop week. We've got some of our new and
newer special ed teachers in the cooperatives cohort. We've got CPI training for administrators and um and case managers and that's crisis prevention institute CPI on the 25th and
then u we'll have check-in days. So thank you school board for those. um we find those highly valuable to have those two days through elementary um as a way to to get um get started on our academic benchmarking and which will lead to
helping us um more efficiently implement um what we're learning with letters and um I also for acknowledgements want to want to acknowledge 4.0 Rhino, Dasher, Chartwells, and Tech. Um, a lot of kids in the building over summer and we we
asked a lot of them and um, in all cases, everyone was cordial, supportive, and across the board, they all they all did a great job. Um, so we appreciate them. What What questions can I answer for you? Bill, for kindergarten, do we have all
anticipated families registered at this point? I I asked him that. Yes, we do. Interestingly, um you know, like the the registrations today were unanticipated, but um we we do the the ones we've had
recently, um we did not have on on the census. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. I don't if I missed it in the uh reports lately, can I get an updated K through six like per class um like numbers? Uh
we're also doing uh we're still running five sections in fifth grade, right? Right. And that number is right around 120. You thought it's close to Yeah. Just whenever you know tomorrow, next day just just an updated numbers for K through six.
I can get that. Thanks, Chris. Bill, when will MCA data be unpacked or shared with us as far as, you know, in the past it's always been kind of embargoed by the state and then they release the data to the districts and
stuff. When will that be coming to GSL or when will that be shared with us? Thanks for asking that. I was looking on my calendar. We have a cabinet meeting tomorrow and that's one thing I put a note to discuss. Um, so we will we'll have an answer on that. Okay. Thank you. Typically, from my
understanding, it's the end of August. And so, we've tried to give you guys that data in September. So, hopefully you'll have it in September. All right. Any more questions for Mr. Butler? We'll move on to Mr. Fost then. Thank you.
Good evening. So, uh we are upon the start of school here. Um I'm going to talk about open house, which is um a little bit different. I know they have check-in days at the elementary level, but open house for us uh will be held Wednesday, August 27th from 3 p.m. to
6:00 p.m. We are doing a 7th grade and then new student to GSL orientation from 2 to three. This is something we've done for the last two or three years. Uh it allows our incoming seventh graders as well as any new students to the 7th through 12 to come in and not have so
many faces and and and families in the hallways. Uh so they can go through and and meet those staff members. So, regular open house 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the 27th. Our new student orientation and the 7th grade orientation from 2 to 3. Um, all of that information was also sent out in a welcome letter, which I believe went out
last Tuesday. Um, school photos will happen shortly after. We we tried to avoid homecoming week, which I'll talk about at the very end here, but school photos will be September 18th, uh, done by Creek View Images again. And then parents always ask because the beginning of the school year is always busy with
with families. um when retakes will be. John through Creek View always lets me know that after the original date. So when that information comes to me, I'll send it out to 712 families as well. Um devices, this is not a change from last year. Just kind of reminding the board
and the community. Um junior senior high is going to continue to be onetoone with Chromebooks. We are phasing out our BYOD program where students could bring their own device. Um, at the time of that, which was many years ago now with BYOD, um, we were not onetoone. Um, we want to
be understanding and cognitive families of upper class kids that maybe have bought a device. They want to be able to use it, but we've been phasing it out. So, this year, 7th and eighth graders should not be bringing their own device from home. Students in 9th through 12 uh, are still allowed to, although we would prefer that they be on our own
device at school. I know the IT department is pretty happy to hear that we're slowly getting them all under our own uh umbrella here. Staffing, uh we have several new staff uh hires that'll be at the 712 building next year. We have Brin Shervin who will be a special
education. Christine Edwards who will be special education. Lorie Schwarz will be PE and health. Olivia Martinez will be our ELD teacher. Lily Urky will be fax. John Mcdana is science. Chelsea Pagan is going to be our ADS csis uh reading interventionist which is very very new.
Um this is what we've worked on and I've talked about for several months here with the application process, getting the grant, getting the funding. Um all of that came through. The the piece then was to find the person and now start building the program. So I'm I'm very excited to see what that brings us here
in the new year and actually it's a it's a two-year application. So the next two years and what that looks like. And then Casey Gors is also going to be joining us as a pair professional. We do still have two open pair professional positions um at our level, but I am interviewing for those here this Wednesday and hoping that they'll be
filled. And then uh we do have a BPA or business professionals of America position. So any of you interested in BPA, I would love to see an application. Um and then school and community partnerships. I talked about this very briefly earlier and said I was going to end the meeting. Homecoming week is very
early this year. Uh September 8th through the 12th is our homecoming week. Um, I have most of what that week will look like for our students in our community. Um, I do plan on sending that out to the 712 here this week so that they can start preparing. Um, but one of
the changes that I want to speak about here. Um, and then also let the community know coronation last year we tried to hold during the school day as opposed to the evening and all of our students K through 12 viewed it and it was a huge success. It's actually one of the very few things in my career in
education that I didn't hear one complaint about. And that, as you guys probably know, doesn't happen very often. Um, so one of the changes we're going to make this year, we're going to continue with coordination um during the day. That'll be Tuesday, September 9th, again for all of our students K through 12. Um, but we're going to hold our
parade during the school day this year, too. Um, having conversations with some of our elementary staff. I think it's very difficult to to try and build these kids up of, hey, you should come back to the parade and then some of our students who don't live in Gleno or right in the
community have a really hard time getting back to view that. And I think it's really difficult to build some excitement around homecoming week and and homecoming events um when those kids aren't a part of that. So, I've talked to Mr. Schwarz, I've talked to Mr. Sanju, I've worked with the city of Gleno, I've worked with our Glenko
police department. And this year we're going to try and hold our not try, we are going to hold our parade on Friday, September 12th at 2:30. The parade route has been adjusted so that all of our students K through 12 can be here on the campus to view them so they'll be safe.
The parade route does go out into the community for community members that want to be a part of it as well and see. Um, I just filled out uh the special permission form with the the city today and ran it by the police department and I'm hoping that this will be as successful as coronation last year. Um,
but we don't know until we try. So, we'll see how successful that is. That is my report to you. Do you have questions for me? Jamie, Matt, what's going to be the community route then uh for the homecoming parade?
So, right now we're going to stage um this is all tentative. Um we're going to stage over outside of the shop doors and the the east road coming into the parking lot. The parade route will start going down through the parking lot and across the back by the tennis courts and
the and the fields back here. Come around. I think this is prior. Um and then turn and come down 16th. And then I'm going to get these streets messed up, but they're going to stern and go go down Stevens. is that the one basically right in front of where the elementary
would be. They'll turn down Stevens and go down to I think 14th and then come across and then come back on Union and then turn back here. Does that make sense? I I hope I got those streets right. Okay, thank you.
Any other questions for Mr. Foss? Hearing none, superintendent report. Thank you. Uh just a couple of things. You know, today we started fall activities and seeing all the kids around, not that we haven't seen them out throughout the summer was was great, but all of our fall activities are
starting. I know that junior high stuff will be starting here in a couple of weeks. Um, obviously in a couple of weeks, we also have workshop days started. We talked a little bit about that, but uh on the 25th as we're doing our paras are coming in and and doing some um training with that. We also have
savior license day happening at the same time. And then on the 26th is our building day. 27th is our open house and then 28 is our district day that we'll have for our workshop uh with our staff. Um we have nothing new yet on the cops grant. I'll update you guys once we get
a little bit more about that. Um the last few weeks we've been heavy with negotiations. Um right now we're uh with 284. Our next meeting is for on August 21st at 4:00. Uh the last reports of where we were at, the district has made
an offer of a total package of about 7.36%. And the union was at about 12.43. And again, we're going to be meeting uh on the 21st with 284. Um at Minnesota, we've been meeting a couple of times as
well. We have a meeting scheduled for August 14th at 4:00, which is going to be this Thursday. Uh currently the district is at uh 7.93% and then the union is currently at 8.68.
Um both unions have a few language things that we're trying to iron out a little bit. Um but uh but things have been going uh fairly well for for both of them. Um and look forward to the next meetings and to see where we're at. uh if everything goes right, I hope. I'm
being optimistic, but uh um we'll be able to uh have something for you in September. Uh we do on the agenda have a closed session for the board to talk about some strategies. So, we'll talk a little bit more about uh negotiations at that time.
We're still talking with principles and uh we should have something on the agenda by September also. Perfect. All right. Any questions for Superintendent Sanju? Can I jump back in and add I'm right
here. Can I jump back in and add something to mine? I forgot. I should have added this to homecoming. And I'm The reason I'm going to say this is because the next time I see you guys, it'll be the week of homecoming. Um PTO High School student council and the boosters are also putting together a
tailgating event that'll take place from 4 to 6 on Friday the 12th. So the parade will be during the day from 4 to 6. The tailgating event will take place at the district office parking lot. Um there'll be face painting, uh bounce houses, there's going to be a live band. They'll
be grilling hot dogs and burgers and selling those there. But the event itself is free to attend and that's open to the community and our students. So I apologize for not adding that before, but it was important I I think in visiting with the people that I talked to about moving the parade during the
day to have an event that would lead up to going into the stadium. And that's kind of we came to this year because of the Hall of Fame induction with the boosters. Um they're not going to be able to be directly a part of it because they're going to be doing some of that what those activities take. But I'm very
excited that those three entities for this year and hopefully moving forward with the PTO um student council and the boosters are partnering together to kind of create this event that's communitywide and districtwide. So I I apologize for not having that earlier.
Matt, I don't want to jinx it, but weather related, what are we thinking? I went to chat GPT and it's going to be 75 and sunny that day. So, um, no, that's a great question, Jamie. Um, we're going to have to play it by year
and look at it when that week comes. Um, in the eight years, well, now eight years, knock on wood, we've never had to cancel a parade or an event due to to to weather, but I know that day is coming. Um, I would have to talk to Matt Munchow or Dean and maybe hopefully put it back
into the school. We could use the purple gym, you know, live band. We've had bands in there for dances and things like that in the past. I think that that would work. Um, but I need to look at it when we get a little bit closer. Okay. Thank you. And then one more quick thing. Uh, the
roof project is coming along. Um, the guys from TMC we've got scheduled to come to update the board in September, so next month. So, they'll be able to give us. And if you haven't had a chance to step in the fieldhouse, please do so because the air conditioning is working and um working well. People are enjoying
it. All right. Do we have any committee reports? Hearing none, we'll move on to approve the consent agenda. Action item one and closure number one. Uh do I have a motion? So move. Motion by John. Do I have a second?
Second. Second by Randy. To approve the consent agenda. Any questions or comments. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. Oppose. Same sign.
Motion carries. Old business. There's none at this time. We'll move on to new business. Um donations received. Information only. The following donations were accepted with appreciation. Uh, South Point Financial um to $300 for FFA Leadership
Conference. Civil Lake Lions Club, $1,500. Um, they bought a tuba for the band. So, thank you to those groups for donating to our school. Item B, Crown College PSCO contract action item. Superintendent Sanji
recommends approval of the post-secondary enrollment options contract with Crown College for the 2526 academic year. Do I have a motion? So Motion by Lisa. Do I have a second? I'll make that second. To approve the postsecondary enrollment
option uh PSCO contract for with Crown College for the 2526 academic year. Any questions or comments? Hearing none. All in favor please indicate by saying I. I. Post same sign.
Motion carries. Item C. Approve childcare staff supervision supervisor job description action item enclosure number two. Superintendent Sanji recommends approving the childcare staff supervisor job description. Do I have a motion? So moved.
Motion by Jamie. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Kayla to approve the childcare staff supervisor job description. Any questions or comments? We have Mr. Muncho here just to ask uh this one and the next one uh kind of
reflects some updates because we did not hire back the pack coordinator. So that's kind of why the job descriptions have updated. Uh and then obviously in the next agenda item we'll be approving some of their contracts. All right. I have a motion by Jamie,
second by Kayla to approve the childare staff supervisor job description. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I oppose same sign. Motion carries. Item D, approve early childhood education coordinated job description. Uh action
item enclosure number three. Superintendent Sanji recommends approving the early childhood education coordinator job description. Do I have a motion? So move. Motion by Jamie. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Kayla to approve the early childhood education coordinator job
description. Any questions or comments? Hearing none. Uh, all in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. I. Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries. Item E, approval of contracts. Action item.
This is item E- A, I guess. Uh, community education director Matt Munchow. Board negotiators Allayman and Gorers have negotiated an agreement with enrichment recreational coordinator employee Renee Jensen a new 2-year contract and recommends its approval.
The agreement is from July 1, 2025 through Jul J June 30th, 27. Superintendent Sanjay recommends approval of the new contract. Do I have a motion? So moved. Motion by Jamie. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Randy
to approve the two-year contract with community education employee Renee Jensen from July 1, 2025 through June 30th, 2027. Any comments or questions? some information regarding the contracts. On year number one, um her wage would go up
to $25. That's a 14% increase. The second year of the contract, her wage would go up to 2575 and that's a 3% increase um for a total of 17%. Um that was something that we had discussed at the community ed advisory
committee um with regard to looking at um that type of position in this market and in the surrounding uh districts of our size. Um and to once again get um
our individual that we have in that position up to par with peers in surrounding districts of our size. So that was something that I want to compliment Mr. Munchow in um exploring and taking a look at um and once again
presenting that to the community at advisory committee where we had a discussion about that and it was um unanimous in the discussion and in the the conversation that um this was warranted that we um get our individual
in that position um up to par with peers. Um, one last thing about that um contract is that one part that was um struck out in that uh contract was the
unused vacation days. Um, that component, if you looked at the contracts that were provided, was uh struck um as an updated redlinined uh component of the contract. Thank you.
Thanks for that explanation, Jamie. Any other questions for the the board negotiators? Hearing none. I have a motion by Jamie, second by Randy to approve the two-year contract with community education employee Renee Jensen from July 125 through June 30th, 27. All in favor,
please indicate by saying I. I. I. Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries. Item B, item uh community education director Matt Montshell, board negotiators also and Gors have negotiated an agreement with
early early childhood employee tomorrow a new 2-year contract and recommend approval. The agreement is from July 21 20 July 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2027. Superintendent Sanji recommends approval of the contract. Do I have a motion?
So move. Motion by Jamie. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Kayla to approve the two-year contract with early childhood employee tomorrow Zichek from July 125 through June 30th 27th. Any comments information on that contract? Um for the
first year of her new contract, her wage would be 3118 and that's a 3% increase with theou as discussed in uh January. Um the second year of her contract would be her wage
would be 3211 and that is a 3% increase. Thank you. Okay. Any other comments or questions? Hearing none. I have a motion by Jamie, second by Kayla to approve the two-year contract with early childhood employee tomorrow from July 125 through June
30th, 27. Um, all in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. I. Post. Same sign. Item B carries. Item C, community education director Matt Mshaw, board negotiators alsor have negotiated an
agreement with Kristen Grock, childc care staff supervisor, a two-year contract and recommend approval. The agreement is from July 125 to June 30th, 27. Superintendent Sanji recommends approval of the contract. Do I have a motion? So moved. Motion by Jamie. Do I have a second?
Second. Second by Alicia to approve the two-year contract with Kristen Gro, child care staff supervisor from July 125 through June 30th, 27. Any comments or questions? Information on that contract? Her wage on the first year would be 2568
for a 3% increase and that's also with the memorandum of understanding. And her second year would be a wage of $2645 also a 3% increase. So 3% on each of the two years for a total of 6% in that
package similar to the prior one. And um also the information regarding the unused vacation carryover was also struck from that contract as was stated in um Renee Jensen's contract also to
keep the contracts unified. um with regard to um unused vacation days from year to year being carried over that has been struck. Thank you. Thank you, Jamie. Any other questions? Hearing none. I have a motion by Jamie,
second by Alicia to approve the two-year contract with Kristen Grock, childcare staff supervisor from July 125 through June 30th, 27. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. Post. Same sign. Item C carries. Item D. Community
education director Matt Montshell, negotiators Allayin and Gors have negotiated agreement with Rachel Relle Morris, Britney Schwarz, and Ashley Reebar. Wraparound care assistant leads to two-year contract and recommend the approval. The agreement is from July
1,25 to June 30th, 27. Superintendent Sanji recommends approval of the contract. Do I have a motion? So moved. Motion by Jamie. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Randy to approve the two-year contracts with Rich Michelle Morris, Britney Schwarz, and Ashley
Reebar wraparound care assistance from July June or excuse me, July 1st 25 through June 30th 27th. Any comments? Information? Oh, sorry. Sorry. You want to go ahead? Nope. Go ahead. Okay. Uh information on each of those contracts. um the first year of uh their
contracts would be their wage would be $1910 for a 3% increase. Uh the second year of their contracts, their wage would be $1967. Um and that is also a 3% increase. So a 3% increase on each of the two years for
a total of 6% uh package. And in each of those three contracts, the information that I shared earlier with regard to carryover of unused vacation days from year to year has been struck from each of those contracts to keep them uniform
with the ones previously mentioned as well. Thank you very much. Thank you, Jamie. Any other questions or comments? Uh, with Rachel's resignation, I didn't know if we needed to change anything there or if we're just recognizing that later on. Yeah, basically what happens
is it's you're reflecting the contract from her work from July 1 to basically now or up until school starts and then her new position will start when the school year starts. Got it. Thank you. All right. I have a motion by Jamie,
second by Randy to approve the two-year contract with Rachel Morris. Michelle Morris. Is it Rachel or Michelle? Rachel. Rachel, excuse me. Rachel Morris, Britney Schwarz, and Ashley Reebar. wraparound care assistance um from July 125 through June 30th,
2027. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. Post same sign. Motion carries. And just a special thank you to Matt for his work on um negotiating the contracts and and discussion with his staff. And thank you to Chris and to Trish as well.
Thank you. And Randy, too. All right, moving on to item F, annual dis designation of identified official and authority. Action item. It is necessary for the school board to designate the school district's identified official with
authority annually. Only this individual is allowed to authorize access by local education agency users to the Minnesota Department of Education secure websites. Superintendent Sanju will be certified as the um where is it?
Yeah, Iowa uh for Glen Silver Lake schools. Director of Finance Zack will be certified as the Iowa proxy for the Glen Silver Lake public schools. Do I have a motion? Motion by Alicia. Do I have a second? Second. It's like by John to designate
superintendent Sanju as the school district's identified official of authority and director finance I check the school district's identified official of authority proxy for the 2526 school year. Any comments or questions? We do this each year right and MDE makes
you do that and then MDE requires school districts to have board action that says who is authorized. So that's why it's in front of you guys. All right. A motion by Alicia, second by John to designate Superman Sanju and and
as the uh identified official of authority and director of financial side check, the identified official authority for the 2526 school year. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I post same sign.
Motion carries. Item G, information only. The Gungo Silver Lake School District will hold its truth and taxation hearing December 8th in the GSL uh schools community room 443 444 beginning at 6:00 p.m. The regular
December board meeting is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. The levy will be certified at the regular board meeting when it is reconvened that same evening. No schoolboard action is required. Item H, second reading of policies action item. The following policies received their first reading on the July
8th schoolboard meeting. Is the recommendation of the policy committee directors Gors and Luckard and the superaran Sanji or superintendent of schools to adopt these policies. Do I have a motion? A motion by Lisa. Do I have a second? Second.
Second by John to adopt the policies listed above. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Item H passes. Um at this time we at
item I close session meeting to discuss negotiating strategies. Do I have a motion to close the meeting? Motion by John. Do I have a second? Second by Alicia to close the meeting at
6:37 p.m. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. Now we're closing.